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CHAHBAZIAN and SARAFIAN
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:06 pm
by LE GUYADER
I'am researching the meaning off the name CHAHBAZIAN and SARAFIAN.
It's the names of my great-great-father and my great-great mother from Kayseri, Turkey. Someboby know a CHAHBAZIAN or SARAFIAN from Kayseri ?
Chahbazian/Shahbazian surname
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:19 am
by LE GUYADER
I've found the meaning of the surname Chahbazian or Shahbazian :
Of course the end of the name in "ian" means "son of" or "issue of"
It's then the son of Chahbaz or Shahbaz.
Shahbaz or Chahbaz is a persian first name. The signification of this first name is "Royal Falcon, Noble"
Re: CHAHBAZIAN and SARAFIAN
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:45 am
by KERASSUN
LE GUYADER wrote:I'am researching the meaning off the name CHAHBAZIAN and SARAFIAN.
It's the names of my great-great-father and my great-great mother from Kayseri, Turkey. Someboby know a CHAHBAZIAN or SARAFIAN from Kayseri ?
IAN=YAN means SON
ŞAHBAZ/ SHAHBAZ : şahbaz 1. a large white falcon. 2. brave, courageous, heroic (man).
http://www.ingilizcesozluk.gen.tr/sozlu ... d=%DEAHBAZ
SARAFIAN (son of saraf)
sarraf 1. buyer and seller of gold and other precious metals or stones. 2. moneychanger; moneylender.
sarrafiye commission,fee, or interest given to a sarraf.
sarraflık 1. being a buyer and seller of gold and other precious metals or stones. 2. being a moneychanger or moneylender; money changing; money lending. 3. commission, fee, or interest given to a sarraf.
http://www.ingilizcesozluk.gen.tr/sozlu ... ord=sarraf